The Kansas City Royals (68-65) visit the Chicago White Sox (48-84) at 7:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Rate Field. The Royals are favored (-125) to break the 1-1 tie and take the series over the White Sox (+105). Ryan Bergert takes the mound first for Kansas City, and Aaron Civale is Chicago’s pick to start.

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Royals vs. White Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-125)
• Underdog: White Sox (+105)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals are 33-23 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 58.9% of those games).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter, Kansas City has gone 21-15 (58.3%).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Royals a 55.6% chance to win.
• Kansas City has played in 133 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 58 times (58-74-1).
• The Royals have a 69-64-0 record ATS this season (covering 51.9% of the time).

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has 41 doubles, four triples, 19 home runs and 44 walks while hitting .296.
• Witt’s home runs rank 61st in MLB and he ranks 40th in RBI in MLB.
• Witt heads into this game on a 15-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .366 with three doubles, two home runs, four walks and five RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia’s .297 batting average leads his team.
• Garcia ranks 134th in homers and 77th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has a team-high 28 home runs and 92 runs batted in.
• Salvador Perez is hitting .244 with 31 doubles, 22 home runs and 23 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 25th in MLB.
• Kansas City has the fourth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.68).
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the 11th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.249).
• Royals pitchers combine to give up the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (138 total, 1.0 per game).
• Kansas City took down the White Sox 5-4 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

• The White Sox have won 47, or 36.2%, of the 130 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Chicago has a record of 45-77 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +105 on the moneyline.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 48.8% chance of a victory for the White Sox.
• Chicago’s games have gone over the total in 58 of its 132 chances.
• The White Sox have an ATS record of 77-55-0 in 132 games with a spread this season.

White Sox hitting info

• Miguel Vargas has been key for Chicago with 13 home runs, 48 RBI and a batting average of .235 this season.
• Vargas’ home run total ranks 134th in the big leagues, and he is 137th in RBI.
• Lenyn Sosa leads Chicago in home runs with 17, runs batted in with 60 and a batting average of .272.
• Sosa is 80th overall in homers and 77th in RBI this season.
• Sosa has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .250 with a double and five RBIs.
• Luis Robert has collected 85 base hits, an OBP of .297 and a slugging percentage of .364 this season.
• Andrew Benintendi has collected 82 hits this season and has an OBP of .294. He’s slugging .397 on the year.
• Benintendi takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .235 with a walk.

White Sox pitching rankings

• The White Sox have a 7.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the majors.
• Chicago has the 19th-ranked ERA (4.15) in the majors this season.
• The White Sox rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.361 WHIP this season.
• The White Sox have allowed the 10th-fewest home runs this season at just 144, or 1.1 per game.
• Chicago suffered a 5-4 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out eight Royals batters while allowing nine hits.